a. dial. rare. [= Da. (obs. or dial.) kei (in den kei haand the left hand); cf. Sw. dial. kaja left hand, kajhändt left-handed (Rietz).
App. limited to Cheshire and Lancashire; keck-handed is current in Shropshire and other midland counties.]
Left (hand or foot). Also kay-fisted, -nieved, -pawed, left-handed.
13[?]. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 422. Þe kay fote on þe folde he before sette.
1611. Cotgr., Gauchier, left-handed, key-fisted.
1865. Waugh, Besom Ben, vii. 90. He wur keigh-neighvt.
1886. Chester Gloss., Kay-fisted, left-handed.
1887. S. Chesh. Gloss., Key-paw, the left hand. Key-pawed, left-handed.
1895. in N. & Q., 8th S. VII. 23 March, 235/2. In Lancashire it is said of a man who uses his left hand either when at work or at play that he is ‘k-pawed.’
